Device for the prevention and correction of portruding ears.



B. T. MONIER-WILLIAMS. DEVICE-FOR THE PREVENTION AND CORRECTION OFPROTRUDING EARS. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 4, 1912.

1,050,744.- Patented Jan. 14,1913.

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BERNARD TORRINGTON MONIER-WILLIAMS, OF ISLINGTON, LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR THE PREVENTION AND CORRECTION OF PROTRUDING EARS,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

Application filed May 4. 1912. Serial No. 695,153.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD TORRING'ION l\-IoXn-:R-\V1LLI.nis,atsnbjectof the King of Great Britain, residing at 88 High street,Islington, London, England, have invented a new and useful Device forthe Prevention and Correction of Protrnding Ears, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a device by means of which persons withprotruding ears may cause them to assume a position close to the sidesof the head.

My invention in its most approved form is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, which is shown on an exaggerated scale for thesake of clcarness.

In the said drawing: Figure l is an edge View of the device. Fig. 2 is aface View thereof. Fig. 3 is, a face view with a 'portion of an outerlayer removed. Fig. at is an edge view with one of the outer layerspartly detached, and Fig. 5 shows a human ear with the device whichforms the subject of this application indicated in dotted lines inposition behind the same.

The device or appliance in the forms shown consists of a pair ofadhesive disks a, a placed back to back and secured .together by threador silk I), so that they are a suitable distance apart. The disks arepreferably made each of two layers, and two threads are employed forattaching the disks together. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2the threads are passed through the center of the inner layers and theends are separated diametrically of the disks and tied at the edges asindicated at c, c. The two layers of each disk are then stuck to getherby suitable adhesive material. The arrangement illustrated in Figs. 3and 4: is the same except that the ends of the thread are not tied, theadhesive material which socures the layers together being relied on tohold the thread.

The disks a, a are coated with material on the outer sides which can bemade to adhere when placed behind the ear so as to stick to the latterand to the sides of the head, and retain the ear in the positiondetermined by the length of the thread attachment between the disks. Asuitable adhesive which I have found to give good results in practice isspirit gum.

The disks may be made of various mate rials, for instance metal orcelluloid but preferably the outer layers are of silk while" the innerlayers areof stronger or coarser materlal such as fine canvas.

Instead of disks little plates of other form may be used.

Claims:

1. An appliance for retaining an ear in a desired position, comprising aconstruction formed of two parts and inwardly yielding meansconnectingthe inner sides of said parts and holding them a certaindistance from each other, the outside of each part being provided withan adhesive substance whereby one of said parts may be made to adhere tothe ear and the other to the head.

2. An appliance for retaining ears in a desired position, consisting ofa pair of disks, each disk of said pair, comprising two layers ofmaterial, and means for securing the disks a predetermined distanceapart, the layers of each disk being adapted to be secured together. theoutside of the outer layer of each disk, being provided with an adhesivesubstance.

BERNARD TORItING'lON MONIE lt-WILMAMS.

llnesses:

(. G. REDFERN,

J OI-IN E. BOUSFIELD.

